Schaghticoke is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 554 people and just one neighborhood, Schaghticoke is the 873rd largest community in New York. Schaghticoke has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages, Schaghticoke isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Schaghticoke are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Schaghticoke is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Schaghticoke who work in office and administrative support (17.77%), food service (11.85%), and teaching (10.45%).
Also of interest is that Schaghticoke has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Schaghticoke is also a village of artists. Schaghticoke has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Schaghticoke’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.87% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Schaghticoke’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Schaghticoke, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.83 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small village, Schaghticoke doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Schaghticoke is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.86% of adults 25 and older in Schaghticoke have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Schaghticoke in 2022 was $30,630, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,520 for a family of four. However, Schaghticoke contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Schaghticoke home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schaghticoke residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Schaghticoke include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Schaghticoke is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of New York. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 35.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 10.1% have French ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Schaghticoke are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 86.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.9%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.2%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Schaghticoke, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (35.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (16.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (10.1%), along with some English ancestry residents (8.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.